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14th Asian Film Awards Winners – PARASITE Wins Best Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG)

Parasite won the Best Film award at the 14th Asian Film Awards (“AFA14”) along with Best Screenplay for co-writers Han Jin Won and the film’s director Bong Joon Ho. The film also won for Best Production Design and Best Editing totaling four awards. “I am grateful to all the people involved with the Asian Film Awards for making it possible that Parasite could become part of AFA’s legacy. I strongly believe that we will meet in person next year at the Asian Film Awards, shake hands, and enjoy talking with one another without masks…I believe that nothing can stop us from continuing to make films,” said Bong

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Netflix Releases Trailer for TRIAL 4, Docu-Series on Sean Ellis who Served 22 Years for Killing Boston Police John Mulligan

Documentary

Trial 4

Netflix released the trailer for “Trial 4”, the documentary series on Sean Ellis, who served 22 years in prison after being found guilty of killing Boston Police Detective John Mulligan in 1993. Directed by Remy Burkel, “Trial 4” premieres on November 11, 2020.

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Watch Trailer for ZAPPA, Alex Winter’s Documentary on Iconic Musician Frank Zappa

Documentary

Zappa, directed by Alex Winter

Magnolia Pictures released the trailer for Zappa – the first all-access documentary on the life and times of the iconic musician and artist Frank Zappa, directed by Alex Winter. The documentary is set for a special one-night-only theatrical event on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 followed by a release everywhere on November 27th, 2020.

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THE UNFAMILIAR Wins Top Prize at 2020 Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival

Vortex Sci-Fi Fantasy & Horror Film Festival

“The Unfamiliar” directed by Henk Pretorius

After screening 70 films representing 15 countries, Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival announced the winners with the Grand Prize for Best Horror Feature going to “The Unfamiliar” directed by Henk Pretorius.

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MATERNA and BASTARDS’ ROAD Among Winners of 2020 Naples Intl Film Festival

Naples International Film Festival

MATERNA directed by David Gutnik

The 2020 Naples International Film Festival announced the filmmaker award winners with the top Jury Prizes going to David Gutnik’s Materna for Best Narrative Feature, and Brian Morrison’s Bastards’ Road for Best Documentary Feature. Audience Awards went to Lanie Zipoy’s The Subject (Best Narrative Film) and Lynn Montgomery’s Amazing Grace (Best Documentary Film).

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‘Nomadland’ ‘Under the Open Sky’ ‘The Road Up’ Win Audience Choice Awards at 56th Chicago Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Festival-goers of the 56th Chicago International Film Festival voted Nomadland the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, the winner of the Audience Choice Award for Feature Film. The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

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IDA Documentary Awards Reveals Best Feature and Best Short Shortlists ’76 Days’, ‘Crip Camp’, ‘The Reason I Jump’

Awards, Documentary

The Reason I Jump directed by Jerry Rothwell.

The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories of the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.

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David Bowie Glam-Rock Biopic STARDUST Drops Trailer + Release Date

Independent Film

Stardust, starring Johnny Flynn

IFC Films today released the official trailer for the David Bowie glam-rock, road-trip film Stardust, starring award-winning actor and musician Johnny Flynn (EMMA.; Clouds of Sils Maria) as the legendary music icon.

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Documentary MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY Premieres on Showtime in December

Documentary

MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY. Photo credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.

Showtime will air Macho: The Hector Camacho Story, an unflinching look at the remarkable life, storied career and unsolved murder of one of boxing’s greatest showmen. Premiering Friday, December 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime, the documentary directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Eric Drath (Assault in the Ring and No Más, 30 for 30) debuts just two weeks after the eighth anniversary of Camacho’s fatal shooting in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

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World Premiere of NOTHING BUT THE SUN will Open International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

Nothing but the Sun directed by Arami Ullón

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2020 will open with the world premiere of Nothing but the Sun by Paraguayan-Swiss director Arami Ullón. A quietly earth-shattering film, Nothing but the Sun lucidly contrasts the hot, arid atmosphere of Paraguay’s Chaco region with the devastating stories of the Ayoreo people, an Indigenous community violently uprooted from their ancestral territory by white missionaries. Between past and present, forest and desert, folk songs and church hymns, Ullón’s poetic feature lays bare the raw emotions of the human condition, seen through a culture on the brink of disappearing, but not without a voice.

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23rd Revelation Perth Film Festival Reveals First Films + FIRESTARTER: THE STORY OF BANGARRA is Opening Night Film

Revelation Perth International Film Festival

Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra

The 23^rd annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival returns December 9 – 13, showcasing a curated program of international and local content.

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Film at Lincoln Center Announces Lineup for 7th Art of the Real Showcase

Art of the Real

143 Sahara Street directed by Hassen Ferhani

Film at Lincoln Center announced the lineup of 16 features and 11 shorts for the seventh edition of Art of the Real, an essential showcase for the most vital and innovative voices in nonfiction and hybrid filmmaking. Original set to take place in April, Art of the Real will now take place over the course of two weeks from November 13-26, exclusively in the FLC Virtual Cinema.

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